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		<title>Financial ETFs are Money in the Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/financial-etfs-are-money-in-the-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial exchange traded funds are outperforming the market on strength in bank stocks and hopes the economic recovery is hitting escape velocity.
Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF) followed the broader market lower on Friday but is up about 13% so far this year, compared with a gain of roughly 8% for the S&#38;P 500. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sector Rotation Favors Riskier ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/sector-rotation-favors-riskier-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/sector-rotation-favors-riskier-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Staples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying and selling patterns in sector exchange traded funds provide more evidence that investors are taking on more risk and chasing the stock rally in 2012.
For example, investors are shying away from ETFs tracking more conservative sectors such as utilities and healthcare, and moving into riskier areas of the market such as financial stocks.
“Consumer Staples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Street Lowers Expenses on Sector ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/state-street-lowers-expenses-on-sector-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/02/state-street-lowers-expenses-on-sector-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=75441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the exchange traded fund industry continues to expand and attract more assets, fund providers have been able to lower expenses, often undercutting the competition. State Street Global Advisors recently lowered its fees by 1 basis point on all its sector ETFs in what appears to be a growing competitiveness in garnering a greater piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: U.S. Preferred Stock</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-u-s-preferred-stock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-u-s-preferred-stock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ETF Spotlight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF spotlight on iShares S&#38;P U.S. Preferred Stock (NYSEArca: PFF), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $7.7 billion.
Objective: The iShares S&#38;P U.S. Preferred Stock Fund tries to reflect the performance of the S&#38;P Preferred Stock Index, which includes a selected group of preferred stocks listed on various exchanges, including the NYSE and Nasdaq. [Preferred Stock ETFs: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;January Barometer&#8217; Bodes Well for Stock ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/january-barometer-bodes-well-for-stock-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/january-barometer-bodes-well-for-stock-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The S&#38;P 500 is off to its best start in many years, a bullish technical signal since the so-called January Barometer has a decent track record for predicting full-year gains for stock exchange traded funds.
Furthermore, cyclical sectors and related ETFs are leading the market, which shows risk appetite is strong despite lingering concerns over Europe&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Bank ETF Sell-Off a Cause for Concern?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/is-the-bank-etf-sell-off-a-cause-for-concern/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/is-the-bank-etf-sell-off-a-cause-for-concern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The financial sector has been a top-performing sector in 2012 after last year&#8217;s debacle, but an unexpected drop in new U.S. home sales prompted a round of profit taking in bank stocks and related exchange traded funds.
SPDR S&#38;P Bank ETF (NYSEArca: KBE) was down 2.5% Thursday and is falling back down to its 200-day simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Spotlight: Broker-Dealers</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-broker-dealers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-spotlight-broker-dealers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ETF spotlight on iShares Dow Jones US Broker-Dealers (NYSEArca: IAI), part of an ongoing series.
Assets: $57.8 million.
Objective: The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund tries to reflect the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Investment Services Index, which includes companies from the investment services sector, such as financial services, brokers/dealers, online brokers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worst to First: Financial, Materials ETFs Lead Market</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/worst-to-first-financial-materials-etfs-lead-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/worst-to-first-financial-materials-etfs-lead-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=74769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An analysis of exchange traded fund performance so far this year reveals that investors are piling into riskier sectors and moving away from conservative, dividend-paying ETFs that were the top performers in 2011.
Some experts think defensive plays like utilities and consumer   staples  have become expensive after an impressive run in 2011, reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Financials ETF Signaling Bull Market?</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/european-financials-etf-signaling-bull-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/european-financials-etf-signaling-bull-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael A. Gayed CFA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global ETFs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.etftrends.com/?p=74674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many investors are unable to understand why markets have shed last year&#8217;s volatile swings and are trending steadily higher so far in 2012.
It&#8217;s worth asking if the crowd is right to distrust the rally, or if a legitimate change has taken place underneath the market&#8217;s surface. Europe is still going through a recession and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETF Chart of the Day: U.S. Financial Sector</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-u-s-financial-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/etf-chart-of-the-day-u-s-financial-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Weisbruch, Street One Financial</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exchange traded funds indexed to the U.S. financial sector were getting a boost Wednesday from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), which saw its shares vault 4% in the wake of the quarterly earnings report.
Financials have posted impressive gains thus far in 2012, outpacing the broad market as XLF (SPDR Financials) is up 5.54% versus the SPX [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AdvisorShares Launches Active ETF</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/advisorshares-launches-active-etf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/advisorshares-launches-active-etf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AdvisorShares, an exchange traded fund provider of actively managed strategies, recently launched a long/short, fund-of-funds ETF that tries to provide investors with stable and consistent returns.
The AdvisorShares Rockledge SectorSam ETF (NYSEArca: SSAM) began trading last week. SSAM tries to provide consistent performance as the active managers use a sector rotation process to maximize potential gains. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial ETFs Fall 2% on Downgrade Talk, JP Morgan Miss</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/financial-etfs-down-2-on-downgrade-talk-jp-morgan-miss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/financial-etfs-down-2-on-downgrade-talk-jp-morgan-miss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial exchange traded funds led the market lower Friday on speculation France and other European countries will finally be downgraded by Standard &#38; Poor’s. An earnings miss by JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) also fueled the selling.
Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF) fell about 2% in recent action. The sector ETF is encountering resistance at its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;P’s Picks for Regional Bank ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/sp%e2%80%99s-picks-for-regional-bank-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.etftrends.com/2012/01/sp%e2%80%99s-picks-for-regional-bank-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regional bank exchange traded funds have been rallying the past few weeks to lead the financial sector and outperform large-cap banks.
Year to date through Jan. 11, SPDR S&#38;P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEArca: KRE) was up 7.4%, more than doubling the 2.9% gain for the S&#38;P 500, according to Morningstar. [Regional Bank ETFs Display Financial-Sector Strength]
Trading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six HOLDRS Become Van Eck ETFs</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/six-holdrs-become-van-eck-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lydon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six Merrill Lynch HOLDRS exchange traded securities stopped trading as planned on Tuesday. The funds were officially transferred and changed into Van Eck Global exchange traded funds, and the new funds will begin trading Wednesday.
Trading in the biotech, banking, oil services, pharmaceuticals, retail and semiconductor HOLDRs halted on Tuesday, according to Van Eck. [HOLDRS Making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial ETF Down 2% as BAC Again Tests $5</title>
		<link>http://www.etftrends.com/2011/12/financial-etf-down-2-as-bac-again-tests-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial exchange traded funds led the U.S. stock market lower Monday as Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) shares were again testing the closely watched $5 threshold.
Weakness in large-cap bank shares dimmed hopes for a Santa Claus rally this week after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi poured cold water on the idea of the ECB [...]]]></description>
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